A dialogue among indigenous groups: the experience of two encounters mediated by the video

Authors

  • Peter Riviere Oxford University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1678-9857.ra.1995.111445

Keywords:

transformation, animality, body covernings, myth analysis, Lowland South America.

Abstract

In this paper, Peter Riviére, deals with Lowland South American notions of transformation as presente is mythic narratives and cosmologies as well as in social practices. Human nature is understood as varied and intricated, this condition being expressed by clothing and skin coverings. These, in turn, are means of domesticating an "animal" component essential and always present in human nature. The outer coverning of the individual also mediates between the inner self, society and the cosmos. References are made to the Trio, the kayapo, Kaxúyana, Matsigenka, Warao, Yanomamo, Tukano and Piaroa.

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Published

1995-06-18

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 1 (1995)

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How to Cite

Riviere, P. (1995). A dialogue among indigenous groups: the experience of two encounters mediated by the video. Revista De Antropologia, 38(1), 191-203. https://doi.org/10.11606/1678-9857.ra.1995.111445